With the chaos that his immigration policies have generated at the border, Donald Trump is trying to get the Democrats’ backs against the wall by accusing them of advocating for “open borders,” the abolition of ICE, and therefore supporting “illegality.” After all, for electoral reasons Trump is just trying to keep this base satisfied with … Continue reading »
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The economic reality of the border has prevented its closure
Now that President Donald Trump has retreated on his intention to imminently close the border with Mexico, and is “giving” the neighboring country a year to stop not only the flow of migrants but also narcotics, to the United States, it is worth reflecting on the economic-migratory reality of one of the largest zones of … Continue reading »
Trump’s Machiavellian plan has scarcely begun
WASHINGTON, DC – If there was still any doubt about how emboldened Donald Trump is since presumably being “exonerated” of collusion in the Russian plot, consider the various examples from the past days and hours: he threatened to “close” the border with Mexico over the humanitarian crisis that he himself created and exacerbated with his … Continue reading »
Donald Trump’s Message of Division and Hate Goes Global
Following the white nationalist terror attack in New Zealand, President Trump offered another wholly insufficient and inappropriate response. He not only failed to denounce the world-wide white nationalist terror threat, he doubled-down at his Oval Office press op by surrounding himself with families of people murdered by immigrants to veto legislation to block his constitutional … Continue reading »
Three Reminders Why Trump’s Xenophobia is On a Losing Streak
Yesterday’s Senate Rebuke the Latest Reminder That “He’s a Weak President with Little to Run On in 2020 Besides Spreading Lies, Stoking Fear and Exploiting Racial Grievance” Yesterday’s Senate vote was a bipartisan rebuke of President Trump – underscoring, as Frank Sharry noted, that he is a “weak president with little to run on in … Continue reading »
Close ranks in 2020, or suffer four more years with Trump
By Maribel Hastings Unless Congress steps in and impeaches him, Donald J. Trump is getting ready to seek re-election in the 2020 general elections. In theory, The Democrats will put up a powerful fight that ensures Trump is on the list of one-term presidents. But going from theory to practice, and from here to 2020, … Continue reading »
Trump Lies, Republicans Coddle Him and Most Americans Are Turning on Him and Tuning Him Out
From El Paso to Bedminster to Congressional Negotiations, Trump Would Rather Spew Lies than Speak the Truth As President Trump heads to El Paso for a MAGA rally to energize flagging support for his border wall, the reality for the President and the Republican Party is clear: the more Trump talks about his wall and … Continue reading »
Glenn Kessler at WaPo: Fact Checking Trump’s Holiday Tweet Spree
Spoiler alert: everything he says is a lie Over the holidays, cooped up in the White House, Trump took to Twitter to express himself on the government shutdown over border wall funding. Glenn Kessler, fact-checker at the Washington Post, takes Trump’s lies and distortions apart, one by one. Excerpts are below with the full article … Continue reading »
Victorina Morales Continues to Stand Up to the Most Powerful Man in America to Reveal Her Truth
“Trump’s Housekeeper Airs His Dirty Laundry” After years of enduring humiliation as a worker at President Trump’s Bedminster property, Victorina Morales was invited to share her story on The Daily, the popular New York Times podcast. Ms. Morales explains, in an interview entitled “Undocumented and Working to Trump,” how Trump’s demonization of immigrants ultimately led … Continue reading »
The Growing Hypocrisy of the Trump Administration on Immigration Exposed
Trump’s hypocrisy, and the fallacy of the Trump and nativist worldview towards immigrants, are being exposed at his own golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. America relies on immigrants’ contributions and hard work, and yet Trump and his administration continue to target the immigrant community in a hypocritical manner. As Alan Gomez reported in an … Continue reading »